UMass plans to go national with an expanded online program

The University of Massachusetts wants to become a major player in online education nationwide.

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A year into President Trump?s term, his most memorable lines come not from grand speeches or prime-time presidential addresses. They come from his tweets.

JetBlue plane veers off Logan Airport taxiway

The flight originated in Savannah, Ga., according to airline officials. There were no reported injuries.

Sean Colby is an amateur historian on Civil Defense fallout shelters. He got a look at Civil Defense crackers that have been stored since the 1960s at Up Academy in South Boston.

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Amid tensions, fallout shelters get another look

As tensions rise with North Korea, the idea of sheltering from a downpour of radiation no longer seems like a concept from a filmstrip in a bygone era.

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Anthony Perry?s father remembered him as a loving son who had long been troubled.

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President Trump on Christmas Eve retweeted a doctored image with the CNN logo imposed on a bloodlike splatter under his shoe.

Finny Kuruvilla, the founder of Sattler College in Boston, is an investment fund manager with a medical degree and a PhD from Harvard.

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New college for conservative Christians planned in Boston

Finny Kuruvilla, an investment fund manager, has pledged $30 million to fund Sattler College.

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Family members are mourning 19-year-old Ashley St. Onge, who was killed Saturday when she was struck by a tractor-trailer after she?d pulled over to the side of I-93.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/813fd3032131425e951516aea43799e2-813fd3032131425e951516aea43799e2-0.jpg Where?s the party? No state dinner in Trump?s first year

President Trump is the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the US with a state dinner.

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??Merry Catsmess!?? read the caption in the card. And in a personal touch, as if for emphasis, Robby Strong had enclosed a box of horse manure.

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In a statement on Christmas Eve, the US Mission to the United Nations said that the UN?s 2018-2019 budget would be slashed by over $285 million.

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Three Boston mixologists shake-up and share their favorite holiday cocktails

A twist on spiked cider. A true hot, buttered rum. A drink made with quince? Make these recipes and cheers to good cheer.

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A look back at the wackiest local business stories of 2017

Washington doesn?t have a lock on weirdness. Join us as we look back on another crazy year for business news in Massachusetts.

Wizards 111, Celtics 103

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It was the first time the teams have met since the contentious seven-game Eastern Conference semifnals.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Tlumacki_coastalvineyards_Business014.jpg For some, the later years signal it?s time for a life change

Many baby boomers ask what they can do with the rest of their lives. Those who reinvent themselves are the outliers, and have much to teach others contemplating a second act.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12-25-2017_Xmas_09.jpg Frigid temperatures are expected after snowy Christmas

Temperatures are expected to plummet and winds will be strong after the storm that brought snow across New England.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/rathe_icecold_feature02.jpg After the snow, a blast of arctic air

Temperatures are going to drop dramatically in the coming days.

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How many inches of snow fell where you live?

Globe Santa

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At the end of his sleigh ride, Globe Santa will have distributed presents to 34,322 children in 19,181 families.

Men gathered to play chess in a nearly empty Tasty Burger, which will close soon, in Dudley Square.  A new restaurant is planned for the site.

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City tries to find a path forward for Dudley Square

The long-struggling district was once Boston?s second-most-active business center. It?s now at a pivotal crossroads.

Lucy Honig taught academic writing at the Boston University School of Public Health.

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Lucy Honig, award-winning writer who taught at BU?s School of Public Health, dies at 69

Lucy Honig, 69, of Jamaica Plain, who died Sept. 18, was an award-winning writer and taught at BU?s School of Public Health.

Customers waited in line last month at the Apple store on Boylston Street to buy the iPhone X.

Analysts cut iPhone X forecasts, citing lukewarm demand

It was a not-so-Merry Christmas for Apple Inc.

A sign at one restaurant in New York announced its cashless policy.

As some businesses go credit-only, cash loses its currency

Cashless businesses were an isolated phenomenon, but now they?re spreading through New York ? and could be coming to your neighborhood.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/12/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/AP_997105780016A.jpg Eric Garner?s 27-year-old daughter is in a coma

The oldest daughter of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying calls of ?I can?t breathe?became a protest chant across the country, has been hospitalized following a heart attack.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Meredith_Goldstein_NewLogo-2932.jpg Am I being strung along?

I?m OK with being single for now, but I?m worried that I may be pining for a man who will never love me the way he used to.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/0e606281f0ad4b9482cce0b527a355a7-0e606281f0ad4b9482cce0b527a355a7-0.jpg Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan Markle, royals attend Christmas service

Queen Elizabeth II and senior members of the royal family ? along with Prince Harry?s American fiancee ? attended a Christmas church service on Monday.

Leonia, N.J., will sharply restrict traffic on local roads to address congestion fueld by commuters seeking short-cuts.

As apps like Waze reroute commuter traffic, towns fight back

From Medford, Mass., to Fremont, Calif., communities are grappling with gridlock caused by well-intentioned traffic apps like Waze.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Sports/BostonGlobe.com/2016/01/20moresports/seasonticket_90.jpg The Season Ticket podcast

Host Chris Gasper welcomes Buffalo Bills reporter Vic Carucci to preview the upcoming Patriots-Bills game.

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One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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Admit it. There are few things worse than being sick over the holidays. So we have some advice.